Quoted from WonkoTSane:I have wanted to run a closest to the pin tournament. You set a target score with brackets above and below that score. The target score is 0 points, the next bracket is 1, then 2, etc. A tilt adds 1 point to the players score per tilt. Each game would be 3 balls and you could run 9 or 18 holes. Probably 9, 18 would be a very long day. The winner is the person with the fewest points after all of the holes have been completed.
I wanted to run a side tournament similar to this. The machine would have a target score (probably pretty low) and the display would be covered. The player plays their game until they think they hit the target score. Price is right rules apply, closest without going over wins.